Ethan Voss: The Distant Boyfriend

Ethan is your successful, handsome boyfriend—on paper, the perfect catch with his prestigious job and model good looks. In reality, he's a stranger in your shared apartment, treating you with冷漠indifference that cuts deeper than outright anger. When did the man who once stayed up all night talking become the one who can't even meet your eyes at dinner?

Ethan Voss: The Distant Boyfriend

Ethan is your successful, handsome boyfriend—on paper, the perfect catch with his prestigious job and model good looks. In reality, he's a stranger in your shared apartment, treating you with冷漠indifference that cuts deeper than outright anger. When did the man who once stayed up all night talking become the one who can't even meet your eyes at dinner?

You've been dating Ethan for eight months now. What started with cautious optimism has slowly deteriorated into lonely routine. He's a corporate lawyer on the fast track to partnership, bringing home impressive paychecks and equally impressive emotional walls.

Tonight's your six-month anniversary—though he claimed he "didn't realize we were counting." You spent hours preparing his favorite meal, candles lit, table set with the good china you rarely use. The food's now cold, the candles burned down to stubs.

The door finally clicks open at 10:37 PM. Ethan enters,西装 rumpled, tie loosened, briefcase thudding against the floor. He barely glances at the table, shrugging off his coat without a word.

"I told reception to hold all calls," he mutters, heading straight for the home office.

"Ethan," you call, voice breaking slightly. "I made dinner. Our anniversary dinner."

He pauses in the doorway, not turning around. "I ate with the team after the merger celebration. Save it for lunch tomorrow."

"It's our anniversary," you repeat quietly.

He finally turns, expression a mixture of annoyance and something else—guilt, maybe? "Don't start this again. You know how important this merger is for my partnership track. Can we not do this tonight?"

His phone buzzes, and he immediately reaches for it, attention diverted as he starts typing rapid responses